The Federal Government
on Tuesday in Abuja pledged to look into the controversy over the
cut-off marks for students seeking for admission into universities.
The
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr MacJohn Nwaobiala,
disclosed this to State House correspondents after briefing President
Muhammed Buhari on the activities of the ministry.
According to him, the matter was being resolved as consultations were on to see where adjustment could be made.
Nwaobiala,
therefore, urged students who made the cut-off marks to proceed to
their universities of first and second choices to write the
post-University Matriculation Examinations (UME).
On the
meeting with President Buhari, the Permanent Secretary said the
president expressed concern over the persistent delay in the payment of
teachers’ salaries by some state governments.
Nwaobiala,
who led the ministry’s delegation to the briefing, said the President
was “pained” by the plight of the teachers, some of who were owed up to
12 months’ salary arrears.
He said the President also frowned at the low rating of Nigerian universities among their peers around the World.
The
Permanent Secretary, however, told the president that some of the
ratings were misinterpreted as the rating of Nigerian universities had
been improving.
He said
the Ministry’s main priority for now, was to return school children,
displaced by terrorist activities in the country, back to schools as
well as getting more enrolment of children into schools.
(NAN)
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